Trauma, Health and Primary Care SIG

Mission Statement

The Trauma, Health, and Primary Care SIG of the ISTSS is dedicated to
the exchange of ideas and resources about health and primary care
– addressing trauma, PTSD, and other trauma-related mental health
issues and concerns in general healthcare settings. People often bring
mental health concerns to their primary care provider, and often prefer
to receive mental health treatment in primary care. Increasing attention
is focused on how best to address trauma and related physical and mental
health concerns in primary care settings, including screening,
assessment, and initial symptom management. Likewise, there is a need to
train and educate primary care providers in how to conduct initial
assessment and management of PTSD-related symptoms, both in low- and
middle-income countries that lack mental health specialists, and in
low-resourced settings and poor/underserved populations in
well-resourced countries. The THPC SIG is devoted to dialogue among
those who work in these settings or who work collaboratively with
primary care physicians, to increase knowledge, share resources, and
stimulate conversations about emerging issues in this field.